"Dirt Sledding," The Killers (Island)

Right on schedule, and once again via "The Jimmy Kimmel Show," we get the new Killers Christmas single, number 10 in a series. This one harks back to two previous songs about the band's fraught relationship with Santa Claus, "Don't Shoot Me Santa" and "I Feel It In My Bones," only this one, despite the grimy video, is much more upbeat, almost rockabilly. Ryan Pardey returns as Santa Claus and Richard Dreyfuss (?) makes a voiceover cameo. Independent audio is only at iTunes, as has been the fashion for the last several years. This one's better than the last few Christmas tunes by these guys, and once again Project (RED) benefits from money raised from downloads and video views.